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A Hopeful New Beginning

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:47:00 +0000

It is the start of a New Year, January 2009, and today is the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America, President Barack Obama.

Looking back for the past few years, its been tough for a lot of Americans as we face the the reality in our daily lives the effects of a slowing economy, the rising prices of oil and gas, the loss of lives at war, and among other things. As we look the years ahead of us, we may never know what lies ahead exactly, what will happen and what will not but a New Year and new President brings new hope, new beginning for all of us. There is tommorrow and we can choose to be optimistic about the future, a hope for a better change and a more successful year.

Happy New Year 2009 and God Bless to all of us! Dont forget to pray everyone.

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The Votes Are In For The Next President Of USA

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:49:00 +0000

The votes are in and the numbers are transparent that the next President of the United States of America is Sen. Barack Obama. Its been a long months of almost non-stop presidential campaign for both John McCain and Barack Obama in raising towards the White House.

Yesterday, November 4 2008 was the Presidential Election, and majority of the people of America has spoken loud and clear that they want Barack Obama to be the next President of the USA. The victory of Barack Obama as President is a historic win and an emotional one for a lot of americans knowing that he is the first african-american President of the United States.

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Northern California Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:32:00 +0000

Heading back to our place one late afternoon, we came across the setting sun glowing so beautifully in the sky of northern California! The sky was filled with the golden rays of the sun, it was amazingly stunning!

No special effects or enhancement were ever done in the photos above, these photos were taken at the time, as is! Hope you enjoy the photographs too.

Fall in love with nature again, its all around us and they constantly here to surprise us! Enjoy nature for your advantage.

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Hurricane Ike Making Landfall In Texas

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:14:00 +0000

After days of following hurricane Ike as it cruised through from the atlantic ocean to the gulf sea, it is only few hours away from making landfall in the coast of Texas. But even before the hurricane Ike arrives in the coast, there are already huge waves crashing againts the sea wall, and the wind is blowing violently and strong, just throwing sea water all over the place as if shaking a a bottle of water. The water surge caused by hurricane Ike may be huge and may go up higher than the sea wall, thats why it is not safe to be anywhere near the coastline at anytime during the landfall. If you are out there sightseeing and thinking it is fun to watch the waves, you shouldnt be doing that and put your life at risk instead it is advisable to take cover and stay away from the storm and stay on higher ground. No one never knows how mother nature behaves at all times, so it is best to be safe and stay in high ground as much as you can when you are near the hurricane Ike storm right now. I experienced typoons in the past, and hurricane is almost the same type of storm. Hurricanes can be violent and deadly specially when near body of water like the ocean. Winds can throw anything strong and violently that comes in its path, so stay indoor during the storm to avoid any flying debris, which is pretty common in times of hurricanes and typoons.

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High Noon Triple Digit Temperature Nightmare

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:18:00 +0000

The other day, our weather temperature hit around 106 degrees fahrenheit at high noon. In the middle of the day, i came out to do some stuff around in the yard when all of a sudden i heard a weird noise coming from the central air conditioning unit we have. I called my hubby regarding the problem, which was a huge problem because it was in the middle of the day and the sun was burning way hot, one of the hottest day of the year we ever have this year! Having a problem in the HVAC unit was not a good thing because we dont have another options to keep the house cool down. Our fan is not very reliable to beat a temperature as hot as 106 degrees fahrenheit. So we literally had no other choice but called an HVAC Repair company to take a look at the broken unit. The repair technician showed up around an hour later, and his diagnosis required a major part of the unit ready to give up and needed replacement. What else could be the worst thing that could happen during a triple digit temperature at noon time than having a broken air conditioning unit that needed repair and cost hundreds of dollars in parts and service labor.

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A Glance At Extreme Weather Conditions In The USA

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:03:00 +0000

I notice how different the weather can be depending on where you live in the United States. In the west like CA, the weather can go extremely hot specially on the summer season, and there are times that gust and wind conditions in a dry, hot days are high fire danger. On the northwest like Washington and Oregon, they normally have rain and clouds there, and during winter season, it can get really cold and icy out there, just like most northern states. Living in the southern states are also vulnerable to hurricanes and tropical depressions. And in the mid US, some of the states are part of what is called the tornado alley, states where tornadoes are likely to hit and pass. No one really wants to experience any of these extreme weather conditions. If we can ever control the weather, we all probably want a nice cool summer day!

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Heating Up At The Water Cube In Beijing China

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:45:00 +0000

The swimming competition for the Summer Olympics was heating up the other day at Water Cube in Beijing China as Michael Phelps of USA Team snatched another gold medal by one and one hundred of a second, a win that was just a fingertip ahead from the silver medalist! This Gold Medal winning of Michael Phelps was his 7th Gold Medal winning for the Beijing Olympics alone, which broke the World Record that Mark Spitz achieved way back in 1972 Olympics as he went home with seven (7) Gold Medal in a single Olympic season. The Summer Olympics in Beijing China is not yet over, so there is still more chance for Michael Phelps to win even more Gold Medals for swimming, adding to his already breaking record seven (7) gold medals winning! Big horray to Michael Phelps for his epic winning Olympic achievement and making swimming history.

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Gymnastics Team Showdown

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:02:00 +0000

It was a close fight between USA team and China team in the fight for a Gold Medal in the Gymnastics Team Showdown last night at Summer Olympics in Beijing China. Before the floor exercise, the USA team only needed one point to even the score with the China team. It all came down for the USA team to perform great at floor exercise with very few room for error, but the China team did a really great job and showmanship at the floor exercise which kept their score high, and the few mistakes that the USA team unintentionally committed definitely hurt their overall score that resulted in 2.3+ points leads for the China team in the gymnastic team showdown and China Team won the Gold Medal.

Overall, it was a very close fight and both teams put up great showmanship. All the athletes in the gymnastic teams, both USA and China, have such incredible talents, that take years of practice and hardwork to master. Gold or silver medal, they should be all proud for making that far, either way, it is a great accomplishment on their part because there are only very few people who can perform those artistic twisting, flipping and flying!

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Watch Nim Save Her Island

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:08:00 +0000

I have just seen the beautiful island of Nim and Nim herself through a dvd! We just watched the movie Nim's Island this week and I am giving it 10 points in a rating with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest! Nim's Island movie is guarantee to make you laugh and perfect movie for the entire family. By far, one of the best, hilarious, and fun movie Ive seen this year!

See that cute girl from the movie Little Miss Sunshine as she shine again in her new movie as the she save a remote island in the pacific from all uninvited intruders, you wont believe who the unvited guests are, find it out yourself by watching the movie! Nim and her father have been living in an undiscovered island, an island they call home, somewhere in the remote area of the vast pacific ocean. In the movie, you will also meet Nims loyal friends in the island including a lizzard and a seal!

If this movie, Nim's Island, will not make you laugh, i have no idea what else will, you are probably so tired and fall asleep on your seat (just kidding). If you have seen the movie, would be glad to hear what you think.

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Spectacular Grand Opening Ceremony In Beijing

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:37:00 +0000

Many of those who didnt make it to Beijing China to witness the Grand Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, shared the same enthusiam like the 90,000 plus people who where in the Beijing Olympics Stadium, by watching the grandest Grand Opening Ceremony for the Summer Olympics on telivision. It was a spectacular display of mass performers playing in unison, fireworks display, and technology innovations roled into one magnificient night, purposely planned for years to wow and impress the crowd, which i think it did just that!

The Grand Opening for the 2008 Summer Olympics celebration in Beijing 2008 was so spectacular that it possibly set the bar higher and harder to match, that may put a strain and put a challenge on the next hosting nation!

Good luck to all the 2008 Summer Olympics players, play hard and play well, and go for the gold!

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A Trip To An Antique Store

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:19:00 +0000

We went to the shopping center to buy some stuff today. On our way out from one of the store, we saw an antique mall nearby that we never been before. We decided to check it out and we didnt realize until we came in how huge the place was and it was full of antiques! We felt like we just step into a time machine or something because there were variety of items that normally not available in regular stores nowadays, except in antique stores. There were antique furnitures, appliances, decorations, paintings, clothings, pictures, figurines, and a lot lot more. I always find it very interesting to go inside antique stores, because i enjoy checking out all the unique pieces they have available, just for the fun of seeing cool stuff. Although, we didnt buy anything today at the antique stores, there were times in the past that I ended up purchasing some items from an antique store. What about you, do you buy antiques? Or do you buy the modern items instead and let the past things be past?

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Fashion Designer Reality Show

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:38:00 +0000

So exciting that our new cable tv program package have Bravo channel included in it because we just found bunch of new shows to watch on tv. One of the new show that I watch is Project Runway, a reality competition between fashion designers competing to make it big in the fashion world as a designer. Although, this is the first time that I have watch the show, this is already the fifth season of Project Runaway. It is great to see the innovations, creativity, and style that each of the fashion designer contestant was able to put into the table and create some unique pieces of clothes. I love fashion and clothes, and its cool to see all these fashion designers competing against each other and show off their talents and style, and prove to the world that they have what it takes. If you love fashion, runway and clothes, you will definitely dig into this reality tv competition show.

Keep Your House Warm

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000

One of the favorite feature that i like best in a house is a fireplace. I always like the warm-feeling of having a fireplace in a house and have it readily available when needed. Not only do fireplaces looks decorative and elegant, but they also serve a great purpose, to keep the family warm and comfortable indoors specially in a cold, freezing temperatures.

When I checked out HotPrice.co.uk website, I am truly amazed with their huge selection of fireplaces, gas fires, and electric fires. I love their wide variety of collections ranging from contemporary to sophisticated, traditional to modern styles, including leading brands of fireplace manufacturers. The fact that HotPrice.co.uk website provide detailed description and accurate product specifications of each item that they sell online, as well as provide multiple photos of each item to help the buyers visualize each of their product, it is definitely a great selling aide to help all their online buyers to know what to expect when they make a purchase, or help buyers decide which one is best for them that meets the criteria of what they are looking for. When there is a lot of choices to choose from, the chances of finding the one fireplace that best fits the one that meet someones needs is no sweat! No doubt, when it comes to fireplaces, gas fires, or electric fires, HotPrice.co.uk is definitely offering everyone hot choices and hot styles in hot prices!

Planned Grocery Trips

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000

With the growing concern of high gas prices, there is no reason to have multiple trips several times a week going into the grocery store whenever you want or need to buy something. If possible, plan in advance all incoming trips and try to merge them into one single trip and save a lot of travel gas and time! Whenever you run out an item in the kitchen, put that item in your shopping list right away. Once you have enough things on your list that you cannot live without for another day longer, then maybe it is time to run to the grocery again, buying more things in the list, instead of buying them one by one. If you plan to shop at multiple groceries stores in a day, it is best to plan the flow of your iterinary inorder to get the maximum things done shopping at the least amount of time.

All Things For The Baby

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000

When it comes to baby stuff, one perfect place where you can find all kinds of baby items is at BabyThings4u website! Whether you are looking to shop for an item for your little girl or boy, your grand kid, or your niece or nephew, look for it at BabyThings4u.co.uk, where they carry all types of products specializing in babies and infants. At BabyThings4u you will find unique and cute pieces great for your special little one including pushchairs, baby prams, carriers, beds, toys, and a lot lot more. Not only do they have huge selection of items for the baby but they also carry widely-sought named brands, popular brands that are trusted by many for years and years, giving you the confidence to buy reliable and quality products.

So next time you need something for your baby girl or boy, make sure to check out BabyThings4u.co.uk website, because that is what they do best, they carry all things nice, cute, or useful for the baby. Their website is so easy to navigate, definitely designed with user in mind, giving you several different options to find that one item you are looking for! For your convenience, you can easily browse their products online by brand names or by product type, so if you know what you are looking for, you can go to the specific category right away without wasting valuable time.

No More Ironing Of Clothes

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:51:00 +0000

When I was growing up, i remember that every single clothe we had were being ironed one by one, quite an exhilarating task! Not only was ironing each single clothe very time consuming, but it also consumed a lot of energy specially when we use the electric iron. Although, there are some clothes, no matter what, do needs to be ironed because they are naturally wrinkly fabric and sometimes have pleats and lines that needs to be maintained to keep its shapes and design, like office uniforms, etc. These days, I hardly iron any clothes at all. My energy saving technique? Instead of dumping newly washed clothes into the to-fold basket and waited a day or two to sort everything out, I make sure that I take the time to fold or hang each of the clothes right after drying them, so the clothes are freshly pulled out of the dryer when they are still unwrinkled from the heat of the dryer. If I will wait few hours or days before folding or hanging them, each clothes usually starts to get wrinkly from the positioned they are stored, as they cool off from the dryer. So by folding them right away, fresh from the dryer, many clothes hardly need any ironing, and its definitely energy saving for us!

By the way, i heard that steamer are great to unwrinkle clothes as well. Steamer device is getting very popular nowadays!

Tomato Scare

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:19:00 +0000

This past few weeks theres been a nationwide news spread about the concern of positive results of salmonella in many tomatoes. Its been in the news that theres been dozens of people that got affected by these infected tomatoes.

As a result of these infected tomatoes, several food and dining establishment are affected by this health issues. Many recipes and food preparations have tomatoes ingredient in them like sandwhiches, pastas, tortillas, tacos, etc.

Tomatoes are such important ingredient in some recipes, not having tomatoes in them definitely wont taste as good. Although, there might be some restaurants that go through tests and got approve of having safe using tomatoes and still use tomatoes in their menus. How concern are you of eating or not eating tomatoes nowadays since the breakout of salmonella issues?

PS I Love You Movie

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:43:00 +0000

We recently bought the movie, P.S. I Love You, and I should say that it is definitely one of the most romantic movie I have ever seen in awhile. The movie is heartwarming but sad at the same time. And if you have the tendency to cry and get emotional in a certain movie, then this movie might be one of those movie that will melt your heart away, so keep those tissue handy, just incase you shed a tear or two! Many scenes of the movie P.S. I Love You were filmed in Ireland, and it is such a beautiful country with gorgeous landscape and lush green environment. So if you are looking for a romantic movie then the movie P.S. I Love You might be something that you will truly enjoy watching.

Our Moose Bumped The Screen Door

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:15:00 +0000

We recently installed a new screen door for the door inorder to add more ventilation inside the house specially this summer time when every little bit of air breeze will definitely help.

Earlier this evening, our pet dog whom we regularly call a moose because she likes to moose around a lot, was outside for a potty call. We decided to let our pet dog stayed outside for a while so she can stretch and unwind a little bit more. So we decided to have the screen door close while waiting for her inorder to keep the bugs like mosquitoes out. Our lights inside the house was on and it was dark outside, so the screen door almost look invisible, atleast to our dog anyway, because all of a sudden we heard a big bang coming from the screen door. We realized that our dog run fast towards the door and didnt realize that the screen door was there. She ended up bending the screen door framing. She back up away from the screen door, and probably realized her big oppsy, sat in front of it and waited for us to open the screen door for her.

Note: Our dog is okey and doing great...relaxing right now....

Shopping Cart Software

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:15:00 +0000

Did you ever wish to own your very own online store but unsure where or how to start? Specially that as technology becomes more popular and in demand, it becomes more and more complicated and powerful, but at the same time software developers make it more easier and easier for non-technical people to utilize this powerful tool by developing turn-key solutions. In the past, owning and developing an online store is quite complicated process because do so it calls for highly technical staff to develop the software that will run as the backend of an online store. Nowadays, inorder to open an online store, all you need is a pre-designed online store software that doesnt require any complicated coding or programming. Simply add your products and you are ready to set your online store live.

Ashop Commerce is a leading provider of shopping cart software here in the US. So why not try Ashop turn-key solution for ecommerce, and be one step closer to realizing your online store. If you are not sure how AShop operates, try their free trial offer so that you can familiarize yourself with how their software works and get the feel of their product so that you will experience yourself how easy it really is to open up your every own online store.

Asian Excellence Award TV Show

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:06:00 +0000

I went through the TV guide and came across the show Asian Excellence Award 2008. I never heard nor heard of such show before, so I decided to watch it. The show Asian Excellence Award sponsored by JCPenney is an award cermony recognizing asians who achieve greatly in both films and entertainment industries here in the USA. It is great to know that there are so many asian individuals here in the USA that are talented, greatly recognized for their talents and achievements and are widely popular in either telivisions, big screen, and even international sport competition. One of the main message potrayed in the award ceremony is keep on dreaming.

No matter where you come from, never let anything hold you back. If you have a dream, keep on dreaming because with dedication and hardwork, you too can achieve great things! So keep on dreaming everyone!

Meeting Up After More Than Two Decades

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:49:00 +0000

When I was a little kid, my uncle visited our place in the Philippines and brought along his son (my cousin) with him. We were very young and more than twenty years had passed since then. Since we live closeby recently, I got hold of my uncle to see if I can get the new cell number of my cousin. We agreed to meet yesterday, gave him some directions how to get to our place. And after several years of not seeing each other, I fininally meet my cousin again, and his daughter, that I just met for the first time yesterday.

It is funny how you know someone and never meet them for years. Sometimes, it is hard to even recognize their faces anymore, all we know is that we are relatives and we know each others names.

Spring Time In California

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:41:00 +0000

During spring time and summer time, thats when you really feel what California is all about, lots of sun! Its only like yesterday when I came out wearing jackets and long sleeves, but these days been so hot, it is hard to last outside wearing thick clothings anymore.

Personally, I prefer coming out during spring time rather than summer time because the sun is not yet burning hot. The closer it gets to summer time, the more the temperatures goes to three digits and its uncomfortable and quite unsafe to be outside when it gets that hot, specially when you are in the car, the aircon may help while on the road, but getting in and out of the car is usually the worst part in the summer because you need to cool the car down before you can get in, and then after its been setting for awhile under the sun, it gets oven hot...

Currently, we have plenty of blooming daffodils, so its great to see colorful flowers in the yard again specially after months of winter. Last year, we planted hundreds of daffodils bulbs that we bought bulk from a warehouse store, so it is great to finally see all our hardwork come to life :-) Most of the daffodil flowers that we planted last fall are currently blooming for the first time this couple of weeks, so it is definitely worth it doing all the dirty works digging holes, dropping the bulbs in the ground and covering them with dirt! The hardworks and hard labor definitely paid off, big time.

Dinner At Ruby Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:46:00 +0000

We decided to try something new yesterday, so instead of going to our usual places to eat our meals, we decided to check out other restaurant nearby. We passed by Ruby Tuesday restaurant quite often on a busy street, so we decided to check out their food yesterday. As far as I can recall, we never been to their restaurant before, so we had no idea regarding their menus.

I ordered Asian Salmon and my hubby ordered hamburger with french fries. My order came with steamed brocolli, buttered toasted bread, fried rice with diced fresh tomatoes and the big chunk of salmon meat! I love to eat fish so I find everything great with what I had in my plate. I finished everything except a little leftover on the bread.

Normally, we dont go to little bit of expensive restaurants quite often because like many people nowadays, we are in a budget. Specially with how the economy is doing right now, we usually cook and prepare most of our meals at home! But it is definitely worth to experiment and try out new places youve never been before to widen our horizon and nothing get stagnant. Specially that when it comes to ordering food in our favorite restaurants, I always tend to order the same menu over and over, which is fine knowing that I will have no suprises ahead of me like I will not like the food and have it wasted, but on the other hand, I have no way of knowing what other great surprises awaits other recipes, like a totally pleasant dinner we had last night. We were definitely full and satisfied walking out of the restaurant, and it was definitely worth it.

Restaurants Name Things Differently

noreply@blogger.com (JAZEVOX) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:01:00 +0000

I cant helped but noticed that some restaurants dont always refer to the same things when it comes to food, particularly regarding noodles! At one time, in a restaurant in Washington, we ordered a chow mein and we got a bean sprouts? Another restaurant, we order chow mein, and we were served egg noodles. Then another time, one restaurant refer a chow mein to an angel haired noodle! I am definitely confused how these restaurants cannot use one term to refer to the same item. How will people know exactly which restaurants use the word chow mein to refer to an egg noodle, and which restaurants use the same word to refer to angel hair noodles, and worse case scenario to refer to a bean sprout?

In the contrary, there are several different types of animal eggs, but the most common ones are from the chicken. But when we order a scrambled egg or an over-easy egg from a restaurant, it is a good thing that it automatically means that we want a chicken egg! This definitely make sense, at least we know what we are ordering and we know what to expect once the plate is served.

But when it comes to ordering noodles, it gets really confusing how some restaurants do use different terminologies to refer to the same thing, while others use the same word to refer to different things.